The health of the inhabitants of the Marewa community, in the Sierra de Perijá, is compromised by the increase in malaria cases and the lack of treatment. Between August and September of this year they were counted from 80 to 100 cases. In addition, patients from distant areas close to the border with Colombia [...] The entry Report increased malaria and lack of treatments in the Sierra de Perijá was first published in Foco Informativa.
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A Yukpa community nurse reported up to 100 cases in the indigenous population of Marewa and warned that patients from the border with Colombia arrive in search of exhausted drugs.
The health of the inhabitants of the Marewa community, in the Sierra de Perijá, is compromised by the increase in malaria cases and the lack of treatment. Between August and September of this year they were counted from 80 to 100 cases. In addition, patients from distant areas close to the border with Colombia [...] The entry Report increased malaria and lack of treatments in the Sierra de Perijá was first published in Foco Informativa.